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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

The
thrilling espionage movie “Criminal” starring Ryan Reynolds, Gal
Gadot, Kevin Costner and Tommy Lee Jones tracks the story of the
right man in the wrong body. In a last-ditch effort to stop a
diabolical plot, a dead CIA operative’s memories, secrets, and
skills are implanted into an unpredictable and dangerous death-row
inmate in hopes that he will complete the operative’s mission.

“Criminal”
delves into the inner workings of the mind when CIA agent Bill Pope
(Reynolds) tragically disappears in the middle of an urgent,
top-secret mission. He’s been tracking the brilliant hacker known
as "The Dutchman" (Michael Pitt), who, while navigating the
lawless Dark Web, has uncovered the means to take charge of the
entire weaponry of the U.S. military’s Central Command.

With
Pope’s death, every vital piece of information he’s discovered
about The Dutchman and his whereabouts is wiped out forever. Dead men
tell no tales. Or do they? As Kevin Costner who plays Jerico in the
movie says: “It used to be dead men went to the grave with their
secrets but as we unlock the inner workings of the brain, and as
science progresses, we know it may soon be possible to transfer the
memories of one person to another – and the implications are vast.”

That
is why the CIA’s relentless London chief, Quaker Wells (Oldman),
embarks on an unprecedented medical intervention – an experimental
surgery that might implant Pope’s DNA directly into the synapses of
another man’s brain. He recruits the maverick neurosurgeon, Dr.
Franks (Tommy Lee Jones), who in turn finds the one person who might
be able to absorb Pope’s memories: a treacherously unhinged
death-row convict named Jerico Stewart (Costner), whose childhood
brain damage makes him unpredictable yet an ideal candidate. Left
without empathy or emotions, Jerico might provide a blank slate for
taking on Pope’s memories.

At
first, it appears the operation has failed. Wells and CIA agents
Esteban Ruiza (Amaury Nolasco) and Marta Lynch (Alice Eve) get
nowhere with Jerico. But Jerico, unsure of what has happened to him
and in fear for his life, escapes and finds himself on the run. At
large in London, Jerico begins to experience memories that are
clearly not his own – memories that take him into an overwhelming
world of family, love and responsibility that he’s never known.

Deluged
by memories he doesn’t know what to do with, Jerico is drawn like a
magnet to Pope's old house and to his widow Jill (Gadot) and their
beloved child – even as the CIA begins to trace his moves. When the
ruthless anarchist Xavier Heimdahl (Jordi Molla), intent on
controlling the U.S. nuclear arsenal to advance his own agenda,
kidnaps Pope's family to get to The Dutchman first, Jerico is
helpless against the overpowering urge to save them.

But
time is of the essence, for Jerico has learned from Dr. Franks that
the effects of the brain surgery are only temporary. Soon, his sense
of Pope’s innermost thoughts will begin to fade and Jerico will
lose the memories that now mean everything to the future of the
civilized world and to Jerico himself.

“Criminal”
opens April 13 in cinemas to be released by OctoArts Films
International.